Rule of Law

The appeal came during a high-level meeting with visiting Indian Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh on 9 September 2026, the first such visit by an Indian defence minister in 38 years.

For the thousands still waiting, progress measured in interviews completed or payments disbursed feels painfully slow.

Rights groups continue to press for transparent investigations, reconstruction where warranted, and stronger safeguards so that historic places of worship are not erased regardless of the current demographic composition of surrounding communities.

Safai Karmachari Andolan declared the launch of a year-long campaign INDIA@80 to free India from the national shame of manual scavenging.

The Committee’s report underscores a broader pattern in which exceptional measures and administrative practices risk normalising discrimination rather than eliminating it.

Success will depend on coordination among investigative agencies, the Financial Information Unit, regulators and the judiciary.

HRW called on the authorities to investigate prison deaths, respect the presumption of innocence and uphold fair-trial rights.

As of Wednesday, August 19, hospitals continued treating the wounded. Families of the injured children, many of them primary-school pupils, waited for updates.